Ibikunle amosun during the grand opening of the olusegun obasanjo presidential library at oke. I dare obasanjo to meet me oneonone on any podium to present the facts of that stewardship to the. I dare obasanjo to meet me oneonone on any podium to present the facts of that stewardship to the nigerian people just how did you, in eight years, rise to the challenges of power generation for a population of a hundred and fifty million people, endowed with enormous energy resources. He was reported to have said that his mission was to restore nigeria and defeat separatism. Wole soyinka attacks obasanjo in new book nigerian news. Obasanjo himself claimed to have found god while in prison, which gave him the strength to run for the country again.
Wole soyinka, has advised former president olusegun obasanjo to desist from struggling to restore nigeria to the path of sanity and moderate rectitude, describing him as objectively unfitted for the role. My life with obasanjo, the 63yearold oluremi claims in the page book that the former president is a master in the art of deception, an exploiter, a violent and unrepentant wifebasher and lacking sexual discipline as he unrepentantly engaged in a string of affairs with single and married women she names several. Obasanjo bags phd in theology premium times nigeria. A former president, olusegun obasanjo, on friday bagged the award of doctor of philosophy, phd, in christian theology from the national open university, noun. During his watch, a watchman has no sleep and no respite.
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More importantly, i have proved that he was a coward, who ran away from the warfront to go and look for phantom ammunition. Jan 25, 2018 full text fg replies obasanjo, lists achievements. Sep 17, 2018 the olusegun obasanjo presidential library, owned by expresident, chief olusegun obasanjo and located in abeokuta, ogun state, is a historic, tourist and academic centre established as a national archive for the preservation of documents and materials used by the president during his tenure as the president of nigeria. Obasanjo could get there, yaradua could get there and jonathan. Olusegun obasanjo is the former president of nigeria and the chair of the brenthurst foundation which seeks to strengthen africas economic performance. His career is made the focus for a history of nigerias first fifty years of independence 19602010 and of african continental affairs during the same period obasanjo having been an active opponent of apartheid and an architect of the african union. Obasanjo also stated, if i go before him, i will bid him welcome when he arrives at the great. Obasanjo s real father a paternity controversy it may sound stranger than fiction, but as daylight melts into darkness, the rumour about obasanjo s igbo roots is gaining currency. Dec 09, 2014 former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo today launched a book tittled my watch containing several national issues both past and present. Eigen is hopeful that the house arrest under which obasanjo reportedly still remains will soon be lifted and that he can resume both his private and public life in all freedom. In nigeria, obasanjo is a household name, a civil war hero, an administrator, a successful farmer, the first military head of state to have organized an election and handed over successfully to a civilian government, a nationbuilder who initiated most of nigerias national heritage and a builder of men who introduced. My watch by olusegun obasanjo archives premium times nigeria. Bittersweet my life with obasanjo by obayiuwana, osasu. Obasanjo said this on tuesday while speaking at an.
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He said this on saturday while speaking at the maiden edition of asis international, asis 206 lagos annual leadership retreat, held at the olusegun obasanjo presidential library, abeokuta. Obasanjo praises gani fawehinmi, rubbishes soyinka, chukwumerije in new book. Dec 10, 2014 18 critical things former president obasanjo said about president jonathan in his new book in the area of corruption, we have been going back steadily from the inception of yaraduas. Soyinka nobel laureate, wole soyinka, offered president olusegun obasanjo an unusual christmas gift wednesday by way of a 1,788word biting response to claims mr. And here was where atiku abubakar, my vicepresident,first showed his hand and his character. I travelled to india to search for my exact age obasanjo.
In april of 2015, a federal capital territory high court ordered the release of former president obasanjo s book. Early life and military kindle edition by obasanjo, olusegun. Olusegun obasanjofollowing in the steps of his previous memoirs, my command and not my will, olusegun obasanjo s my watch is more than the story of the obasanjo presidency told by the man himself. As guests hurried through, they could not, however, help pausing for.
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